Math Placement Tests

Chemistry Placement Exam (Online)

Online

Available online here. Students are encouraged to take the exam prior to Fall quarter enrollment if they are planning to take Chemistry at UCSD and have not received a score of 4 or higher on the Chemistry AP exam.

Foreign Language Placement Exam (Online)

Online

Available online here. Students planning to enroll in Spanish, French, German, or Italian and do not have an AP Language or Literature exam score of a 3 or higher are encouraged to take the exam prior to Fall quarter enrollment.

You must complete all of your University, GE, Major, and Graduation Requirements in order to officially graduate from Muir College and UCSD. All of the University, GE, and Graduation (listed under 'Additional Requirements' under University Requirements) are listed on our Degree Requirements page. Major requirements can be found on respective major pages.

GE = General Education = College Requirements.

Students can view 4 Year Plans for their specific major as well as utilize Tritonlink's WebReg and the Schedule of Classes to preliminarily plan a Fall quarter schedule.

Registration day and times are based on seniority, thus the more units you have, the earlier your registration time will be. For students with priority registration, your registration time will be the first day that registration starts.

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You may use AP scores towards your GE requirements if the courses you get credit for are applicable. For example, if you receive a 3, 4, or 5 on the AP History: United States Exam, you receive credit for "Any two courses in the HILD 2A,B,C sequence" of the Humanities area for Area III: Fine Arts, Foreign Language, or Humanities. Thus, you will only need to take any one of HILD 2A,B,C to complete the three courses for the sequence. This applies specifically to the AP History: United States Exam so please check the AP/IB Chart for information on all other AP courses.

Lower division are mostly prerequisite or intro classes. Upper division classes are more in depth and focused.

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You are allowed to take upper division classes at any point in your college career -- even as a freshman (if the course doesn't require upper division standing), as long as you have completed the prerequisites.

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Lower division standing is defined as having a cumulative of less than 90 units (Freshman & Sophomore standing). Upper division standing is defined as have a cumulative of 90+ units (Junior & Senior standing).

You may have noticed on UCSD Academic Calendars that there is a distinction between '___Quarter Begins' and 'Instruction Begins.' The first day of classes is always on the date listed for 'Instruction Begins.' The '___ Quarter Begins' is more for administrative and business purposes.

Week "0" only takes place in Fall quarters. It refers to the days between when 'Fall Quarter Begins' and 'Instruction Begins.' 'Fall Quarter Begins' usually takes place on a Monday and 'Instruction Begins' (for Fall Quarter specifically) usually takes place on a Thursday. This days between are also known as Welcome Week when numerous activities take place all over campus!

UCSD's Career Services Center has a wealth of information and resources on finding on campus jobs, internships, interview practice, writing resumes, graduate school (including medical and law school!) and much more! Don't wait until you're nearing the end of your college career to take advantage of everything they have to offer!

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Check out Port Triton, Career Service's hub for student jobs on and off campus! Many, if not all, departments on campus hire their undergraduate student employees through Port Triton!

Travel to, from, through, and out of campus! Explore everything La Jolla and San Diego has to offer while you're here. Seaport Village, Old Town, Downtown La Jolla, Gaslamp District, and the numerous beaches just to mention a few!

For all Welcome Week activities going on at UCSD and at each college, check out the Welcome Week 2016 page! This includes the All Campus Dance, Student Services Fair, Unolympics, Meet The Beach and more!